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As the play is Older Than Steam and most twists in Shakespeare's plots are now widely known, all spoilers on this page are unmarked.The Taming of the Shrew is one of William Shakespeare's more famous and controversial comedies, and an interesting exploration of historical Values Dissonance in the realm of gender relations.In the play (within a play) there is a man with two daughters: kind, beautiful Bianca, sought by suitors everywhere, and loud, shrewish Katarina (sometimes spelled "Katherine," but in any case shortened to Kate), whom nobody likes. Their father declares that he will not marry Bianca off unless someone marries Kate first, which seems unlikely. However, a man named Petruchio is attracted by her large dowry and marries her over her objections.Petruchio strives to tame her to his will, which ultimately succeeds in breaking her spirit, proving to her the existence of woman's natural need for man. When Petruchio returns to Kate's family, they do not believe in her new obedience, and he wins a second dowry from her disbelieving father. The play ends with three happy marriages, and a speech from Kate about the need for women to obey their husbands.It's hard to find a story more prime for Alternative Character Interpretation. Some readers see "sweet" Bianca as a little manipulator who's got their father twisted 'round her finger, and Kate "acts out" just to get some of his attention. It is also clear that, though it is the thought of a fat dowry that initially attracts him, Petruchio is also enchanted by Kate's quick wit. His challenge is to break what has become a conditioned reflex. Many adaptations do something to undercut the Kate-submits-to-Petruchio ending.Shakespeare's play is based on older works. Significantly, these versions emphasized women's inferiority, and built up to a Humiliation Conga that was truly shocking in its violence. Shakespeare's Kate, on the other hand, argues that women should be obedient to their husbands because said husbands love them and want only what is best for them. Admittedly an arguable proposition, but it puts her in a different category from the patient Griselda who endured any kind of mistreatment as a duty.The play was adapted to film several times. A 1929 version starred Hollywood power couple Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks in her second talking film and his first, and the only film they appeared in together. Probably the most well-known adaptation is the 1967 version, directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring another Hollywood power couple, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (it's the source of the page image). The Italian movie Il Bisbetico Domato is also loosely based on this. The movie 10 Things I Hate About You is a High School AU adaptation of the story, treating it as a teen comedy. It also inspired the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate. |
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The Confidant |
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The Confidant: Tranio to Lucentio, who compares him to a famous example of the trope in Virgil's The Aeneid: "That are to me as secret and as dear/As Anna to the Queen of Carthage was." |
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The Philosopher |
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The Philosopher: Lucentio's opening speech pegs him as one of these, but he instantly throws his plans to study ethics out the window when he sees Bianca, which is only a few lines later. |
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The Social Expert |
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The Social Expert: Tranio. |
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The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry |
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The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry: Kate even hits her sister, and binds her hands. |
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Betty and Veronica Switch |
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Betty and Veronica Switch: By the play's end Kate has become the docile champion of obedience to one's husband ... while Bianca now rules Lucentio with an iron fist. |
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Defrosting Ice Queen |
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Defrosting Ice Queen: Kate |
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Hurricane of Puns |
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Hurricane of Puns: Dialogue between Kate and Petruchio. |
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Guile Hero |
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Guile Hero: Tranio, who manages to arrange a marriage between Lucentio and Bianca through a series of bluffs and manipulations. |
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Could Say It, But... |
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Could Say It, But...: Grumio not telling Curtis all about what happened on his journey with Petruchio and Kate. |
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The Ingenue |
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"Bianca" means "white", referring to the purity of her nature (this could be an Ironic Name depending on your interpretation). |
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Commedia dell'Arte |
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Commedia dell'Arte: Quite a few elements of the plot are linked to Commedia situations and character types. Gremio is actually referred to as "a pantaloon", and Lucentio and Bianca serve as the innamorati, with Tranio as the trickster servant who gets them together and Vincentio and Baptista as their respective forbidding fathers. Meanwhile, Grumio and the rest of Petruchio's wacky household staff engage in zanni-like slapstick and pratfalls. |
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Person as Verb |
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Person as Verb: "I warrant him, Petruchio is Kated!" |
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Shipper on Deck |
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Shipper on Deck: Tranio and Biondello for Lucentio/Bianca. Also just about everyone for Petruchio/Katherina, if only because they want Katherina out of the way. |
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Silent Snarker |
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Silent Snarker: One famous way of handling the ending is, after her speech, having Kate turn and wink silently to the audience as she leaves with Petruchio, establishing that her entire speech was sarcastic. Whether it works or not depends solely on how the dialogue is spoken; it requires no change to the text whatsoever. |
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Adapted Out |
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Adapted Out: Christopher Sly and the framing device usually aren't included in adaptations. |
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Property of Love |
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Property of Love: Katherine at the end, if one takes the end literally. The play ends with Kate giving a speech where she says in no uncertain terms that wives should obey their husbands. |
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Fourth-Date Marriage |
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Fourth-Date Marriage: All three of the couples; several lampshades are hung. Petruchio arranges to marry Kate on Sunday after one conversation ("Was ever match clapp'd up so suddenly?"), Lucentio and Bianca sneak off to the altar shortly afterward, and Hortensio's widow is, according to Tranio, "wooed and wedded in a day". |
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Zany Scheme |
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Zany Scheme: Bianca's suitors disguise themselves as tutors, leaving Lucentio's servant to impersonate him in dealing with Bianca's father and dragging in another guy to impersonate Lucentio's father. It works. Lucentio is not the only one to come up with this scheme; he wins because he is the only one to both be a tutor and a normal suitor. |
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Bad Boss |
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Bad Boss: Petruchio treats his servants pretty horribly. |
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The Alleged Steed |
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The Alleged Steed: The horse Petruchio rides to his wedding has just about every disease a horse could possibly have, and the moth-eaten saddle and broken bridle probably don't help appearances. (Sadly, this being a stage show, we never actually get to see it.) |
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Attractive Bent-Gender |
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Attractive Bent-Gender: In the play outside the play, the tinker Christopher Sly is lusting after a page who the local lord has dressed up as a woman as part of an elaborate joke. This is Leaning on the Fourth Wall, since in Shakespeare's plays, the female roles were traditionally played by young boys in getup. |
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Forgotten Framing Device |
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Forgotten Framing Device: The play starts off with a wealthy man deciding to pull a prank on the drunkard tinker Christopher Sly by fooling him into thinking he's suffering from amnesia and is actually incredibly wealthy, and the play itself is provided for his amusement. After this, the entire setup is forgotten, and outside of one of them remarking on the play briefly as they're watching, this beginning is never brought up again. Possibly the scenes resolving this subplot are lost to history, along with quite a bit of Shakespeare's work thanks to the fact that he didn't bother to preserve his plays himself in any form and many of the written texts of the period were bad knockoff versions penned by others. It's also been speculated that the frame story was added to the play later, probably by someone other than Shakespeare. These scenes are often left out of modern performances. |
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Mathematician's Answer |
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Mathematician's Answer: This exchange concerning Petruchio: |
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Likes Older Women |
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Likes Older Women: Hortensio, who ends up marrying a widow. |
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Beta Couple |
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Beta Couple: Bianca and Lucentio (though they seem like the Official Couple at first), if you think the Zany Scheme below is the actual main plot, as 99% of directors do. |
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Enemy Mine |
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Enemy Mine: Bianca's suitors work together to get Katerina married off. |
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The Jeeves |
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The Jeeves: Tranio, to Lucentio—in stark contrast to Petruchio's oddball servant Grumio. |
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Bavarian Fire Drill |
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Bavarian Fire Drill: Essentially how Tranio (disguised as Lucentio) dupes a random passerby and passes him off as Vincentio—he asks the guy where he's from, and on his reply (Mantua) claims that the dukes of Mantua and Padua are feuding, and that any citizens of one city found in the other would be arrested and executed. It would've worked, too, if the real Vincentio hadn't shown up. |
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Hair-Trigger Temper |
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Hair-Trigger Temper: What makes Kate a shrew. Petruchio pretends to have one as part of his taming scheme, though it may be more real than not, depending on how he's played (the very first time we see him he's beating up on Grumio). |
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Pygmalion Plot |
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Pygmalion Plot: Petruchio moulds Kate into his ideal wife. |
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Plot Parallel |
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Plot Parallel |
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Meaningful Name |
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Meaningful Name: "Bianca" means "white", referring to the purity of her nature (this could be an Ironic Name depending on your interpretation). "Tranio" and "Grumio" were named after a pair of slave characters in Plautus's play Mostellaria—a well-bred, clever town slave with Gentleman Snarker tendencies and a low-born, much-abused country slave, respectively. |
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| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_6bda9a30 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_6bda9a30 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_6d892421 |
type |
Teacher/Student Romance |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_6d892421 |
comment |
Teacher/Student Romance: Hortensio and Lucentio sign up to be Bianca's tutors just so they can woo her. Cue lots of learning-based flirtation. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_6d892421 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_6d892421 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_6d892421 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_6eeba1f2 |
type |
"Shut Up" Kiss |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_6eeba1f2 |
comment |
"Shut Up" Kiss: In the Franco Zeffirelli movie version, Kate is unable to say the word "not" after "I will" during her unwilling marriage because her new husband grabs and kisses her. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_6eeba1f2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_6eeba1f2 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_6eeba1f2 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_727a65e0 |
type |
Gaslighting |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_727a65e0 |
comment |
Gaslighting: The turning point comes when Kate submits to Petruchio and agrees with his insistence that it's 7 am and time to go out, when it's really no later than 2 am. Shortly thereafter she agrees with his insistence that the sun is really the moon and that an old man passing them on the road is really a young maid. Kate gives Petruchio no trouble thereafter. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_727a65e0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_727a65e0 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_727a65e0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_72852a93 |
type |
Henpecked Husband |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_72852a93 |
comment |
Henpecked Husband: The men assume that Petruchio will become this; however, the play's end implies that Hortensio and Lucentio have gone this route instead. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_72852a93 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_72852a93 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_72852a93 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7360806f |
type |
In-Series Nickname |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7360806f |
comment |
In-Series Nickname: Kate for Katarina. When she first meets Petruchio, she tells him not to call her Kate; so of course he does for the rest of the play, just to annoy her. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7360806f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7360806f |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7360806f |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_737a65f4 |
type |
The Watson |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_737a65f4 |
comment |
The Watson: Lucentio; in one scene Tranio drops him several hints about what's going on, then leaves Biondello to explain them to him (and thus the audience) in fuller detail. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_737a65f4 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_737a65f4 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_737a65f4 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_75d6bf40 |
type |
Belligerent Sexual Tension |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_75d6bf40 |
comment |
Belligerent Sexual Tension: Most interpretations of Petruchio and Kate. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_75d6bf40 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_75d6bf40 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_75d6bf40 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_762b9223 |
type |
Played for Laughs |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_762b9223 |
comment |
Played for Laughs: The play is a more comedic version of a plot dating back to Ancient Greece. As mentioned above, usually the source plots were far more nasty and written to emphasize women's inferiority by grinding the woman down through a Humiliation Conga. Shakespeare's play is far more lighthearted. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_762b9223 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_762b9223 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_762b9223 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_767f84ea |
type |
Does Not Like Men |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_767f84ea |
comment |
Does Not Like Men: Kate |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_767f84ea |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_767f84ea |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_767f84ea |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a4013f3 |
type |
Deuteragonist |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a4013f3 |
comment |
Deuteragonist: Tranio is The Protagonist of the B-plot, trying to get Lucentio and Bianca together. In terms of lines, he's second only to Petruchio. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a4013f3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a4013f3 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a4013f3 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a4a1676 |
type |
Comedic Spanking |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a4a1676 |
comment |
Comedic Spanking: Traditionally Kate receives one from Petruchio, although the text itself doesn't do more than suggest it (such as making a pun on the wasp having a "sting in his tail.") They both slap each other around as well. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a4a1676 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a4a1676 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a4a1676 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a54c458 |
type |
Mock Millionaire |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a54c458 |
comment |
Mock Millionaire: Tranio standing in for Lucentio. He ends up getting into a battle with Gremio as to which of them owns the most argosies, acres of land and big fancy houses. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a54c458 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a54c458 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7a54c458 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7c9dcc1 |
type |
THeUnfavorite |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7c9dcc1 |
comment |
The Unfavorite: Katherina. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7c9dcc1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7c9dcc1 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7c9dcc1 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7febc23b |
type |
Establishing Character Moment |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7febc23b |
comment |
Establishing Character Moment: In the 1929 film Mary Pickford is introduced throwing various pieces of furniture and artwork at servants as they flee in terror. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7febc23b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7febc23b |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
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The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_7febc23b |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_81706730 |
type |
Emergency Impersonation |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_81706730 |
comment |
Emergency Impersonation: Tranio stands in for Lucentio, who is busy courting Bianca. A merchant stands in for Vincentio. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_81706730 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_81706730 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_81706730 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_823c6e3e |
type |
Large Ham |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_823c6e3e |
comment |
Large Ham: Petruchio is often played as this. Check out Marc Singer's performance in the filmed 1976 production. Kate is equally hammy in this production as well. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_823c6e3e |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_823c6e3e |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_823c6e3e |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8409a385 |
type |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8409a385 |
comment |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin: If you take the text of the play literally instead of subversively. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8409a385 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8409a385 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8409a385 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_85c5db50 |
type |
In Love with Your Carnage |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_85c5db50 |
comment |
In Love with Your Carnage: Petruchio is not at all put off by the fact that Kate has just broken a lute over someone's head—"Now, by the world, it is a lusty wench! I love her ten times more than ever." |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_85c5db50 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_85c5db50 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_85c5db50 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_88933ad4 |
type |
Parental Favoritism |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_88933ad4 |
comment |
Parental Favoritism: Baptista prefers Bianca, leaving Kate as The Unfavorite. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_88933ad4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_88933ad4 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_88933ad4 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8af7b342 |
type |
Sibling Yin-Yang |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8af7b342 |
comment |
Sibling Yin-Yang: Bianca and Kate |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8af7b342 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8af7b342 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8af7b342 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8b9d9672 |
type |
Underdressed for the Occasion |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8b9d9672 |
comment |
Underdressed for the Occasion: Upon hearing Biondello's account of the bizarre getup Petruchio is wearing to his wedding, Tranio says, "oftentimes he goes but mean-apparelled." To give an idea of what an Understatement this is, the "No Fear Shakespeare" edition translated the line thus: "from time to time he has been known to dress down". |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8b9d9672 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8b9d9672 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8b9d9672 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8e0bedfe |
type |
Kid Sidekick |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8e0bedfe |
comment |
Kid Sidekick: Biondello. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8e0bedfe |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8e0bedfe |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_8e0bedfe |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_94c57c5c |
type |
Abduction Is Love |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_94c57c5c |
comment |
Abduction Is Love: Petruchio essentially kidnaps Kate after the wedding ceremony. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_94c57c5c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_94c57c5c |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_94c57c5c |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_9843be73 |
type |
As You Know |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_9843be73 |
comment |
As You Know: Lucentio's opening speech to Tranio. For some reason, he feels the need to tell his servant where they are, why they're here, where he was born, and where he was raised. We later find out that Tranio was taken in by Lucentio's family at the age of three. There is no excuse for him not to know any of this. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_9843be73 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_9843be73 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_9843be73 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_9d725e12 |
type |
FanFic |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_9d725e12 |
comment |
Fan Fic: The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tamed, a play written by John Fletcher in 1611. Shakespeare apparently approved of the work. The play reverses the gender politics of the original (where Petruchio is tamed by his new wife after Kate's death) and indicates that even in Shakespeare's day, the play was considered a bit too misogynistic for comfort. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_9d725e12 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_9d725e12 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_9d725e12 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a188ac4b |
type |
Overly Long Gag |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a188ac4b |
comment |
Overly Long Gag: Biondello describing Petruchio's attire and horse. And just when you think he's done, he gets started on what Grumio is wearing. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a188ac4b |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a188ac4b |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a188ac4b |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a63cfe4a |
type |
Meta Fiction |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a63cfe4a |
comment |
Meta Fiction: Is this a misogynist play? Or an overblown farce about how men like watching misogynist plays? Thanks to the induction, either interpretation is up for grabs. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a63cfe4a |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a63cfe4a |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
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The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a63cfe4a |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a8b7f968 |
type |
Love at First Punch |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a8b7f968 |
comment |
Love at First Punch: Petruchio views Kate's hostility as a challenge. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a8b7f968 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a8b7f968 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a8b7f968 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a8dcb1d7 |
type |
Love at First Sight |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a8dcb1d7 |
comment |
Love at First Sight: Lucentio experiences this upon first seeing Bianca. When Tranio asks him if this is possible, he admits that he never believed in it himself before it happened to him. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a8dcb1d7 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a8dcb1d7 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
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The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_a8dcb1d7 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_accd97de |
type |
Actionized Adaptation |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_accd97de |
comment |
Actionized Adaptation: Richard Burton gets to exercise his Sword and Sandal muscles in the 1967 Franco Zeffirelli adaptation. Kate and Petruchio's first scene together becomes a romp through the family estate, complete with some Roof Hopping (as mentioned below) and a part where Petruchio bursts through a wall after Kate locks the door on him. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_accd97de |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_accd97de |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
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The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_accd97de |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_ad1ab367 |
type |
The Masochism Tango |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_ad1ab367 |
comment |
The Masochism Tango |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_ad1ab367 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_ad1ab367 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_ad1ab367 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_aeda9dd8 |
type |
Private Tutor |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_aeda9dd8 |
comment |
Private Tutor: Lucentio disguises himself as Bianca's one. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_aeda9dd8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_aeda9dd8 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_aeda9dd8 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b06186c2 |
type |
RoofHopping |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b06186c2 |
comment |
Roof Hopping: In the Zeffirelli version Kate tries to flee from Petruchio's wooing by roof hopping across the mansion. Petruchio gives chase, and they wind up falling into the storeroom (fortunately onto a load of cotton) when the roof gives way. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b06186c2 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b06186c2 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
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The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b06186c2 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b4fce1ab |
type |
Obfuscating Insanity |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b4fce1ab |
comment |
Obfuscating Insanity: Petruchio—although as in the case of Hamlet, he seems to be pretty crazy anyway and how much of it is faked depends on interpretation. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b4fce1ab |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b4fce1ab |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b4fce1ab |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b8e3f20a |
type |
Demoted to Extra |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b8e3f20a |
comment |
Demoted to Extra: In the abridged book made for 30 Minutes, every character that isn't Kate, Petruchio, Baptista, Lucentio or Tranio. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b8e3f20a |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b8e3f20a |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_b8e3f20a |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_c2393191 |
type |
Show Within a Show |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_c2393191 |
comment |
Show Within a Show: The main plot is contained in a play being performed for the tinker. |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_c2393191 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_c2393191 |
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1.0 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_c2393191 |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_c514c2c4 |
type |
Gentleman and a Scholar |
| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_c514c2c4 |
comment |
Gentleman and a Scholar: Tranio specifically advises Lucentio to be one of these (for instance, to get some friends to discuss logic with and practice rhetoric on, rather than simply studying his life away and not having any fun). |
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Slap-Slap-Kiss |
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Slap-Slap-Kiss: Certainly not arguable in the 1929 version. Kate chucks a stool at Petruchio and hits him square on the forehead. |
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Denied Food as Punishment |
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Denied Food as Punishment |
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Writers Cannot Do Math |
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Writers Cannot Do Math: Look for it during the placing of the bets near the end. However the mistake has also been interpreted as intentional because it is done by Lucentio, who is not all that bright. |
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Cat Fight |
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Cat Fight: Kate almost gets into one with the unnamed widow in the last scene; Petruchio heartily cheers his wife on. |
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| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_df410b77 |
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Decoy Protagonist |
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Decoy Protagonist: Lucentio is set up as the main character in the first scene, with his goal of wooing Bianca as the major plot thread. Tranio very quickly switches places with him, and Petruchio - the actual main character - is introduced in the second scene. Luciento is then reduced to a supporting role in the B-plot for the rest of the play. |
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Translation Convention |
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Translation Convention: When Petruchio greets Hortensio in Italian, Grumio thinks he's speaking Latin. |
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type |
Pass the Popcorn |
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Pass the Popcorn: Tranio is manifestly entertained by the argument in the street between Baptista, Kate and Bianca's suitors, referring to it as "some show to welcome us to town". |
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| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_e2cfb212 |
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Fake Relationship |
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Fake Relationship: Tranio (disguised as Lucentio) and Bianca fake being a couple so successfully that they have all the other characters fooled. Meanwhile, Bianca's in love with the real Lucentio, who's disguised himself as her tutor. |
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| | The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre) / int_e69efe7f |
type |
Lysistrata Gambit |
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comment |
Lysistrata Gambit: In John Fletcher's sequel The Woman's Prize or The Tamer Tamed. |
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Artistic License – Geography |
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Artistic License – Geography: Lucentio claims Padua is in Lombardy, when in fact it is in Veneto. |
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Wealthy Ever After |
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Wealthy Ever After: When Kate and Petruchio win the already-substantial bet at the end, Baptista throws in twenty thousand crowns, "Another dowry for another daughter/For she is changed, as she had never been." Add to that Kate's original dowry, and it's safe to say that Petruchio got his wish to marry into money. |
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Best Her to Bed Her |
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Best Her to Bed Her: Kate, in some interpretations. |
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type |
Servile Snarker |
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Servile Snarker: Grumio, and Tranio to a lesser extent. |
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TwoPlusTortureEqualsFive |
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comment |
2 + Torture = 5: For a very mild form of torture, anyway, but Petruchio does withhold food and drink in order to bring Kate to heel. The turning point comes when she submits to him and agrees with his insistence that it's 7 am and time to go out, when it's really no later than 2 am. Shortly thereafter she agrees with his insistence that the sun is really the moon and that an old man passing them on the road is really a young maid. Kate gives Petruchio no trouble thereafter. |
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Would Hit a Girl |
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Would Hit a Girl: Petruchio's "I swear I'll cuff you if you strike again." (Kate counters by telling him he'll be no gentleman if he does so, and it's never brought up again, as they just continue their punningnote Of course, the threat could also be interpreted as her threatening to cut his arms off.) |
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Gold Digger |
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Gold Digger: Petruchio, oh so much. |
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Wedlock Block |
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Wedlock Block: Baptista will not give his younger daughter Bianca's hand in marriage before he finds a husband for Katherina, his older daughter. |
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Friendly Rivalry |
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Friendly Rivalry: Bianca's suitors maintain this throughout. Tranio at one point offers to take the other to a tavern, advising that they may "strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends." In other words, fight tooth and nail for Bianca's affections but still be on friendly terms with each other. |
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